Monthly Archives: February 2012

This film from the mid 90s proves two things beyond reasonable doubt: 1/ John Woo never managed to convert his style effectively in English language films. Face/Off came very close but everything else basically sucked. 2/ What the hell were … Continue reading →

Late night TV is a strange beast, it seems with 300 million plus Americans the stations have realised that even the wee hours of the evening give access to enough potential viewers. Viewers that buy stuff they see on lucrative … Continue reading →

Despite his muscles and claims that ‘I’m from the streets’ Mark Wahlberg seems a nice guy. Too nice to say no to dodgy crap like The Happening, The Lovely Bones and now Contraband, a film with aspirations of being this … Continue reading →

Apparently some guys made a short film that lead to a feature length version being commissioned. The Signal is that full length feature. Now I hope you get my ‘signal’ loud and clear: DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I MADE. … Continue reading →

I am amazed that a film with so much backstabbing, deviousness, physical and emotional violence and underhandedness can be this much fun. Otto (Kevin Kline), Ken (Michael Palin), George and Wanda (Jamie Lee Curtis) discuss, plan and pull off a … Continue reading →

I am now officially Carpenter’ed out. In the first year or so of this website I ploughed through his classics; The Thing, Big Trouble in Little China, some of his middling efforts; Escape from New York, Halloween, and the dregs. … Continue reading →

Many respected and highly paid professions require their practitioners to be highly skilled and reliable at performing the basic aspects of the craft. In fact it is fair to say that the better remunerated the profession the greater the expectation … Continue reading →

Liam Neeson has all of your manliness. I want him looking for me if I am ever Taken. I want him guiding me through danger, and if I don’t make it I won’t blame him. I’d even want him there … Continue reading →

The Pluses: The Mist has a suitably vague premise that does lend itself to potential scares, it features a better cast and finer performances than you would normally expect from a horror flick and has a fine build in … Continue reading →